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Karen

I just got the call! Blazer Boy won the Southern New England Brittany Club's horseback open gun dog stake today! There were 31 starters so he now has the required major at a Brittany club and 5 points toward his FC (half way there!!). We've had some setbacks along the way, but everything seemed to f...

Karen

nevermind

Karen

People have mixed feelings about the Lyme vaccine. Talk it over with your vet. I decided it was worth the risk where my dogs are concerned. You may decide differently.

Karen

If you're talking first aid, I keep a well stocked first aid kit in my truck, and if going afield, I carry a small first aid kit with me and some EMT Gel. This is the small kit I carry: http://www.lcsupply.com/Product/Medicine-Shelf/Gun-Dog-First-Aid-Kit.html For vaccines, I do get mine the Lyme vac...

Karen

Congratulations!

Karen

Make sure you buy Frontline PLUS.

Karen

You may want to get some Adams Flea & Tick spray. Frontline works well, but is suppose to take 24-48 hours to kill ticks. The Adams will repel fleas and ticks (and mosquitos too I believe), and the Frontline will be a 2nd line of defense. If you transport in a crate with bedding, I'd spray the beddi...

Karen

I have Radio Fence IF and it has to be closed loop. The first time I installed it, I only did my front yard, so I put the wire in 2 trenches about 6 inches apart. Then I reinstalled, threading it through my chain link in the backyard 5 feet high. It keeps the dogs 3 feet from the fence line, so no d...

Karen

Hey Bryce! Glad you're back! Goodl luck at Ardmore!!

Karen

I have "traveling lawn furniture" :D :D As I see a path being beaten down, I move a nice little cluster of lawn chairs or a park bench in the way, which changes the traffic pattern. I do this weekly as I'm mowing the lawn, sometimes throwing down some extra seed as I go, and I've managed to maintain...

Karen

We just paid $4.00/each for 50 flight conditioned quail.

Karen

Both North Jersey's trial and DelVal's trial will have a wrangler. Gary, I should be at both so I can introduce you around. I don't know that I'll be riding again by then, but I can hook you up with some people to ride some braces with. The club sells breakfast and lunch in the clubhouse, and then h...

Karen

Welcome to the board!!

Karen

When Karen indicated that she felt that many DC just are not as good as a specially bred dog I think it points out exactly what we are saying. Way too many people have lost their way and forget the Brit or the GSP are all around dogs and the best of the best are the ones that do everything well and...

Karen

I thought this was an interesting quote from the 1907 Field Trial Article written by Chas. B. Cooke (link from yesterday http://gundogforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10207) "Retrieving is not a part of the training of a field trial dog; this may seem strange to the uniniated, but it is a big item in...

Karen

I for one have never had a brittany FF and never will. If they won't retreive they are sent down the road to someone that will weekend hunt them or family pets. I am just now geeting into trialing alittle more here and there but will only ever run retrieving stakes if I do. All my dogs in the few l...

Karen

The Brittany is not required to ever execute a retrieve to achieve an AKC field title or an AF Ch. title. They do need to retrieve for hunt tests. Right or wrong (and this is yet another touchy subject) those are the rules.

Karen

You can also spread the food out on a cookie sheet so it's a single layer. He won't be able to gulp it down that way.

Karen

Tejas Iron Mike passed away in August of last year, so unless you're interested in AI (if even available), you can strike him from the list.

Karen

Here we go again.

Karen

Thanks Karen, I know this is probably a sensitive subject, but that's basically what I was looking for (and what I guessed was the case). Another question that shows my ignorance on the Brit trial scene. You mentioned "finish their FC title". What exactly is involed with getting a FC? In the pointe...

Karen

This is just my opinion on Brittany dual champions. You have a few different kinds in the Brittany world: 1. Field dogs that are put with the right show handler and shown in the right shows to the right judges that finish their show ch. titles 2. Show dogs that are trained by the right trainers, han...

Karen

Thanks Maurice,

You're right of course. Pete said he did train Selena and another dog (Ravenwood's Starlight Express) for Joe.

I thought Joe's name sounded familiar but couldn't place it.

Karen

Karen

So glad you found a trainer you're comfortable with. Best of luck in future endeavors.

Karen

NGDC FC Hit's For Pete's Sake http://www.hitbrits.com Petey has a litter on the ground, 3 L/W females, 1 L/W male. I don't know what's available, but the dam's sire is the 2005 NGDC FC AFC Buck's Hit The Road Jack. Nice Pedigree. Pups are in New Jersey. Petey won the NDGC a few months after turning ...

Karen

I would go to the class and explain to the instructor that his training style and your pup's temperament and age don't mix and ask for a refund or credit toward another class.

Karen

What great pictures!!! They all make me want to bring home one of each breed (or two

). My youngest is 10 months old, so I don't need another pup, I don't need another pup, I don't need another pup, etc., etc.

Karen

Great pictures! Ginger is getting so big!!

Gary, tell me the breeding of your buddy's dog. He came from Britt Haven, right?

Karen

I'm just saying that with some dogs it's a trade-off and you should tread lightly. If you're going to use the prong collar for obedience training, you absolutely should get your girl out and let her stretch her legs in the field while you're attending the class, and if you get the slightest inkling ...

Karen

I'd find a different class, to be honest. Using heavy handed training tactics (spike collars fit into this category) can take the independence right out of a dog. They may work for tougher dogs like dobies and rots, but I would never use one on a hunting dog that you expect some amount of independen...

Karen

Welcome to the board! Please post some full-sized pics of your dogs. I'd love to see them!

Karen

I really like "The Best Way to Train A Gun Dog: The Delmar Smith Method" by Bill Tarrant.

Karen

Your older dog will establish pack rules with little to no involvement from you. If he's well socialized, it shouldn't be a big deal, and as long as no one is getting hurt, you need to let it happen. No, don't crate them together (next to each other is fine, but I wouldn't ever put 2 dogs in a crate...

Karen

Cute puppy!

Karen

Did you see the puppy pictures?? Judy contacted me yesterday and asked me to post one of them on her website. I have a few more at home if you didn't get them. PM me your email address and I can forward them to you this evening if you like. Anyway, I have 3 Brittanys with a trainer, and all 3 have b...

Karen

Yup, bought my Tri-Tronics Flyway G2 from the Collar Clinic. Had been refurbed, cleaned up and looked and worked like brand new when it arrived. That was maybe 6 months ago. Haven't had a minutes worth of problems with it.

Karen

OH my gosh! He has such a rough life!

Karen

Dang! I was called argumentative, antagonistic and PLAIN IGNORANT (it was all caps, wasn't it?) all in the same thread!

And I don't even recall saying anything in the least bit controversial. And I know I didn't call anyone names. Sounds like someone is projecting to me.

Karen

PLUS whatever extra little charges that are added: Bird fee Flea and Tick Preventative Administration of Flea and Tick Preventative Medication & the administration of medication ( such as the 7 -14 days a month your trainer routinely administers Doxycycline to all of th edog in his care - as relate...

Karen

Arlette, my pro costs me $325/month per dog. I went to the Rick Smith seminar a couple years ago that Lion Country Supply sponsored. I drove more than 4 hours each way, and stayed in a hotel 2 nights and took a day off work to get there for the Friday evening session. That to me is nearly 2 months w...

Karen

Unfortunately the seminars are usually pretty pricey, and add travel and hotel expenses to that, and I can pay for 2 months of full-time training for my dog for what a 2 1/2 day Rick Smith beginner seminar costs (with expenses) and when you use a local trainer, you can be part of the training also (...

Karen

You may also want to get in touch with Al Gorrow and Pam Baird in IL:

http://www.gundogbreeders.com/breeders- ... baird.html

They have a good reputation in the Brittany community.

Karen

I heard somewhere that the Japanese also pay big bucks for the top winning derby dogs here, mostly pointers, to trial with over there. It would be really cool to go see a trial there!

Karen

Earlthepearl, did you get snow? Am watching the news and it said that Atlanta got close to an inch!

Karen

The thermometer reads 20 above here in NJ, but with windchill it's around 10.

Karen

I have IF, 3 dogs trained to it, and have never had an issue with the e-collar. 2 of those dogs are broke and will be trialing in the spring (if my arm is healed by then...keep your fingers crossed). Blaze's breeder has IF, 2 dozen Brittanys, 10 1/2 acres and has a pack of dogs running his property ...

Karen

Welcome to the board!

Karen

Welcome to the forum!!

Karen

Welcome to the board!!

Karen

SR30818808 Lively's Rockin Tux
SR07118801 Pinney's Gin

Both sire and dam are AKC registered (numbers are above). You can go to the store at AKC.org and order research pedigrees for both dogs for $12 each.

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